The "I like to pretend this never existed" thread

[Prowler]

You know when fans of a certain property hate a new movie/game/comic/tv series/etc. so much that they'd rather pretend it never existed or they'll say "that one doesn't count!" when people mention it? Well that's what this thread is about.

In my case:

TMNT Bay films: Nuff has been said about this in the proper section already. Also, Venus de Milo from TNM, but nowadays I find it hard to 100% reject or dislike TNM. It didn't really damage the property at the end of the day. History has been rather kind to it since the Bay films came out.

Mario and Zelda CD-i games: Yeah, to me the mere idea of there being crappy Mario and Zelda games is just inconceivable. That being said, I think most Nintendo fans don't consider those games to be actual Mario and Zelda games.

Nintendo's Virtual Boy console It exists, but when discussing Nintendo consoles I just ignore its existence completely.

This is all I can think about for now. Tell me about yours.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I like to pretend that Mewtwo was never cut from Super Smash Bros Brawl.

Its just painful remembering that.

[Papenbrook]

Things that I like to pretend it never existed include the following:

- The "Sonic The Hedgehog" Movie

- Bad/Mediocre "Sonic" Games ( Sonic Forces, Sonic Boom, Sonic '06, etc. )

- Cherry Coke

- Joss Whedon's Tv Shows/Movies/Comics

- The word, "nimble"

- Momo Yaoyorozu

- The Trolls

That's all I got for now.

[Autbot_Benz]

Ghostbusters 2016

That Constantine movie with Keanu Reeves

Bay Turtles

[Xav]

All of the Disney Star Wars films.

[Andrew NDB]

Pretty much anything TMNT since 2009.

All Star Trek since 2009.

Highlander 2.

Ghostbusters remake.

Last Jedi.

I guess that's it.

[neatoman]

I don't know... The Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon?

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Ghostbusters 2016

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Pretty much anything TMNT since 2009.
Ghostbusters remake.

I've honestly had forgotten about that when I made the thread. Thanks for reminding me, guys!

In all seriousness now, I agree. Ghostbusters to me are two movies only.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

TMNT: Secret of the Ooze

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

TMNT: Secret of the Ooze

That's hardly the worst TMNT thing ever. Not that it's a great movie by any means, but you honestly think it's worse than the 3rd movie, TNM or the Bay films?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

That's hardly the worst TMNT thing ever. Not that it's a great movie by any means, but you honestly think it's worse than the 3rd movie, TNM or the Bay films?

Though if you think about it, that's that exact point that the movies shifted course into suckdom. They never recovered after II. They never even tried.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Though if you think about it, that's that exact point that the movies shifted course into suckdom. They never recovered after II. They never even tried.

Wasn't 2007's CGI movie considered good enough by people? I don't recall it being blasted by anyone. The worst thing I've seen people say about ti was "it was a bit boring". It does seem like it's forgotten though. Barely anyone outside of big TMNT fans cared about it, and the general audience at the time didn't even seem to know there was a TMNT cartoon running at the time it came out.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Wasn't 2007's CGI movie considered good enough by people? I don't recall it being blasted by anyone. The worst thing I've seen people say about ti was "it was a bit boring". It does seem like it's forgotten though. Barely anyone outside of big TMNT fans cared about it, and the general audience at the time didn't even seem to know there was a TMNT cartoon running at the time it came out.

That's kind of the thing -- it didn't really make a splash enough to matter, any which way. It's honestly the best TMNT sequel... but it's not good. It just sort of exists.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

That's kind of the thing -- it didn't really make a splash enough to matter, any which way. It's honestly the best TMNT sequel... but it's not good. It just sort of exists.

Even if it had been a bigger box office success, it would still not have been considered a great movie, I bet.

The 2k3 cartoon was a strange case, tbh. It was obviously popular enough to go for 7 seasons and all, but it feels like once it ended no one remembered it anymore. And to this day, a ton of people still aren't aware of its existence. By the time the CGI tie in movie came out, the show was already in what, its 4th-5th season? Probably wasn't that popular anymore, so maybe that's why the movie was such a blip in the radar compared to other TMNT movies.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

The Garbageman episodes of TMNT 2k3

The Last Jedi

Every TMNT movie after the 1990 movie (except Turtles Forever)

The bad endings of Katawa Shoujo

Sharkboy and Lavagirl

[AT-Man]

Time travel in Harry Potter.

[IndigoErth]

Can't think of much off the top of my head... but... definitely Leo's attitude/personality/characterization in the 2007 film and 'Rise' will be a future entry for that same category (possibly for all of them, maybe except Raph), but being that it's the thing that exists right now it's hard to pretend it doesn't. Neither of these will probably ever be canon to me.

edit: Also, if this sort of counts... fandom obsession with incest. For everything, everywhere. Just why.

[Slade]

Dragon Ball Evolution. I actually had to look up the damn name.

[The Deadman]

Jingle All The Way 2

[Slade]

Originally Posted by The Deadman

Jingle All The Way 2

Didn’t even know that was a thing.